Master of Science in Nanotechnology Engineering
Rome, Italy
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English, Italian
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
EUR 1,500 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
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Introduction
The Master of Science Degree in Nanotechnology Engineering is aimed at providing students with an advanced scientific and professional education meant to prepare them to access the international job market of Nanotechnologies. To reach this goal, courses are entirely taught in English. During the two-year program, students are expected to develop a range of competencies that will allow them to deal with problems related to the analysis, development, simulation, and optimization of devices, materials, and processes in which the use of nanotechnologies is largely required, mainly in the areas of Industrial and Electronic Engineering. The course provides students with advanced research and multiscale design tools, indispensable to work in the highly innovative technological context characterizing the different areas in which nanotechnologies are applied. The course is primarily focused on the development of the following competencies:
- Ability to manage micro‐ and nanotechnologies for the development of materials, biotechnologies, and processes applicable to the realization of new micro and nano‐devices;
- Ability to manage projects using atomistic level simulation methods as well as new micro/nano‐devices for functional and multifunctional applications;
- Ability to manage complex micro and nano‐systems;
- Ability to face risk and security issues connected with the use of nanotechnologies.
The learning approach is meant to provide future Nanotechnology Engineers with the ability to integrate technical‐scientific knowledge with contextual and horizontal competencies and soft skills, including those communicative tools that are considered indispensable to operate in an international environment. For the whole duration of the course, experimental and laboratory activities will be offered extensively, so that students can ultimately develop a keen sensitivity for implementation and applicative problems and challenges. The abilities described above will be acquired through a stimulating educational offer, focused on the following topics: nanofabrication techniques, processes of auto‐assembling of nanostructures, surface engineering, methods of atomistic modeling of nanostructures, and characterization techniques up to nanoscopic scale. Students will be also introduced to techniques and methods of analysis and design of new materials and micro/nanostructured surfaces, multifunctional and intelligent, aimed at the realization of fluid, electric, electronic, electromagnetic, photonic, or hybrid nano‐ and micro‐mechanic devices, and to the development of flux‐based and reagent‐based microsystems aimed at the transportation, separation, purification, and amplification of cellular and sub‐cellular composites, micro‐probes and biocompatible materials for the recovering and rehabilitation of tissues and organs.
The Master of Science in Nanotechnology Engineering is organized into two alternative strands:
Strand A: most of the courses are taught in Italian
Strand B: mainly for international students, with all the courses taught in English
Strand A includes:
- 6 mandatory courses (for a total of 57 CFU)
- 2 courses (for a total of 12 CFU) that have to be chosen from a group of 4 optional courses
- 1 course (9 CFU) that has to be chosen from a second group of 3 optional courses
- 2 completion courses (for a total of 12 CFU) that have to be chosen from a completion block
Strand B includes:
- 7 mandatory courses (for a total of 66 CFU)
- 1 course (6 CFU) that has to be chosen from a group of 3 optional courses
- 1 course (6 CFU) that has to be chosen from a second group of 3 optional courses
- 2 completion courses (for a total of 12 CFU in total) that have to be chosen from a completion block
The study plan must be completed (120 CFU in total) with:
- 2 free‐choice courses (for a total of 12 CFU)
- Thesis defense (corresponding to 17 CFU)
- Other activities aimed at preparing students for careers after graduation (1 CFU)
CFU is the Italian equivalent of ECTS (European Credit Transfer System). One CFU corresponds to one CFU credit which is equivalent to 25 hours of a student workload.
Curriculum
First-year
First semester
- Chemistry for nanotechnology
- Principles of quantum mechanics with elements of the structure of matter and atomistic simulations
- Surface engineering, thin films, and nanostructure materials
Second semester
- Principles of quantum mechanics with elements of the structure of matter and atomistic simulations
- Microscopies and nano-characterization techniques
- Surface Engineering, Thin Films, and Nanostructure Materials
- Micro-nanofluidics
Second year
First semester
- Micro-nano devices and materials for electrical-electromagnetic applications
- At the student's choice
Second semester
- At the student's choice
- Other useful skills for inclusion in the world of work
- Final exam
Admissions
Program Outcome
Learning Outcomes
The Master's Degree Course in Nanotechnology Engineering aims to offer the student advanced scientific and professional training aimed at placing him in the international context of nanotechnology.
In the current context, it is necessary to prepare a new class of master's graduates, whose knowledge and operational skills combine those that characterize nano-science specialists (typically physicists, chemists, and biotechnologists) with the design, implementation and organizational skills that are natural for the prerogative of engineering specialists. The fundamental point is that there is a need for the design and functional vision of an engineer who at the same time possesses a much broader and deeper knowledge of the fundamental aspects compared to a traditional engineer. The Master's Degree Course in Nanotechnology Engineering therefore aims to train this new category of engineers capable of mastering the techniques necessary to manipulate matter at the micro and nanoscale to conceive, design, create, and control devices, processes, and systems that operate at the microscopic level. Such systems are characterized by functional parts that act at the nanoscale (nanometer scale, corresponding to millionths of a millimeter - the nanometer is an order of magnitude ten times the size of a hydrogen atom) which must be contained and organized in a well-controlled environment typically made up of micrometric scale devices (thousandths of a millimeter).
To train specialists with the characteristics illustrated, we can start from two distinct and complementary bases: on the one hand, focus on the training of level I engineers in industrial and electronic engineering classes and increase their skills in fundamental aspects by subsequently providing specific operational skills for nanotechnology engineering. This is the elective user base of the CDs. Alternatively, you can use the level I training in physics and chemistry, complement it with the necessary engineering skills, and finally provide specific skills in nanotechnology engineering.
To achieve these objectives, two paths are envisaged, one fundamentally aimed at students trained in the national university system and one aimed at students trained in extra-national university institutions. The latter path is delivered entirely in English, while the course aimed at students trained in Italy is built with courses delivered partially in Italian and partially in English. This subdivision allows Italian students to obtain a master's degree in nanotechnology engineering by following, where applicable, a training course entirely taught in Italian. This opportunity, although made available, is not encouraged by the CdS, given the typically international nature of the application context of nanotechnologies. On the contrary, it is clear that, in the context of the desired internationalization of the national higher education system, a course entirely delivered in English is to be considered necessary.
Scholarships and Funding
We can offer such convenient rates thanks to public funding from the Italian Ministry of Higher Education. Additionally, students can apply for various scholarships available at different levels, awarded based on academic merit and/or family income.
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Career Opportunities
The course prepares for the professions of Engineer expert in micro- and nano-technologies, Engineer expert in the development of products, devices, and materials through the use of micro and nano technologies, and Engineer expert in the design and management of complex micro and nanosystems.
This engineer can manage, coordinate, and direct highly complex projects, thanks to the acquired ability to develop innovative methodologies and products, design and control complex micro- and nano-systems, and resolve transversal problems relating to the use of micro- and nanotechnologies. In the national and international context, these professional figures find employment in the high-tech manufacturing industry that operates in the various engineering sectors, such as in the context of mechanics, aerospace, automotive, transport, advanced materials, chemistry, electrical engineering, bioengineering, energy transformation and production processes, biomedical engineering, electronics, and telecommunications, where they are employed both in medium-large companies and in small and medium-sized companies specializing in high technology.
Further job opportunities for the Master of Nanotechnology Engineer are advanced public and private research centers, and access to higher education in the context of Research Doctorates, both nationally and internationally.
Thanks to the in-depth knowledge of the disciplines characterizing industrial and electronic engineering and the possibility of accessing the register of engineers for the industrial section, the Nanotechnology Engineer also presents himself as a qualified professional.